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Look in the mirror: those bags under your eyes, that sallow skin, the haunted look. You must work in IT. Between keeping the network running and dealing with hackers, slackers, and clueless managers, it's a wonder you get any rest at all.
But if you think you're losing sleep now, just wait. A batch of new problems is about to make a good night's sleep even more elusive. Nightmare scenarios include VoIP security breaches, scary data leaks, rogue software infestations, configuration calamities, and creepy compliance concerns. By all accounts, there's good cause to sleep with one eye open.
Things That Go VoIP in the Night
In November 2004, Edwin Andres Pena allegedly paid suspected computer hacker Robert Moore $20,000 to steal more than 10 million minutes of VoIP telephone service so Pena could resell them to unsuspecting customers. But the hacker didn't attack Vonage or any of the second-tier VoIP providers. He went after an investment firm in Rye Brook, N.Y., which had no clue its network had been hacked.
As enterprises increasingly replace segments of their traditional phone systems with VoIP, they put themselves at risk for what Covergence CTO Ken Kuenzel calls "phone flu" -- attacks that target weaknesses in the Session Initiation Protocol that VoIP applications employ.
"The problem is we've not yet applied the same security principles and models to the SIP protocol that we have to HTTP and SMTP," says Kuenzel, whose company sells VoIP security solutions. "It's a situation where systems are vulnerable to all sorts of attacks and intrusion."
Aside from denial or degradation of service, VoIP attackers could eavesdrop on your calls or steal passwords and other sensitive information. They could also record voice packets and inject them into other conversations -- conceivably, capturing your voice saying "buy" or "sell" and playing it back to an employee during a call. And once they're in, little can prevent them from accessing the rest of your network.
"With VoIP, it's significantly easier to disrupt communications from remote locations," says Richard Telljohann, manager of security software at IBM Tivoli. "The same worm that takes out your e-mail system can also take out your phones."
WorldxChange, a New Zealand VoIP provider, uses Covergence's Eclipse software to secure VoIP service for its commercial and residential customers. Many IT pros fail to take into account the complexity of VoIP deployments, says Phillip Moore, operations manager for WorldxChange. He says they don't pay enough attention to signaling and media security, port restrictions, firewall rules, account access, and provisioning information.
"If IT managers want to sleep better at night, they need to apply the same security practices to voice that they have to e-mail and Web traffic," Kuenzel says. "They know what to do and how to do it, they just need to deploy products that bring these new apps in line with their tried-and-true security models."
The Data Leak Under the Bed
It seems you can't open a newspaper without encountering yet another story about a calamitous data leak. Bank of America, ChoicePoint, Citibank, Ernst & Young, the Veterans Administration, Wells Fargo -- all have collectively misplaced millions of records over the past two years.
Bob Gligorea knows about data leaks from both sides. As information security officer for Exchange Bank, he's responsible for ensuring that the bank's data stays where it's supposed to -- in the bank. But he also was the victim of a data spill last February, when the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants lost a hard drive containing 330,000 unencrypted Social Security Numbers, Gligorea's included. His consolation prize? One free year of credit monitoring.
"There's no excuse for businesses to store customer data on desktop or portable computers without encrypting the data," Gligorea says. The bank recently began encrypting its backup tapes and does not allow customer data to be stored on desktops or portables. It has also implemented additional security measures to ensure that any data files being sent outside the bank are encrypted to prevent unauthorized disclosure of customer data.
Portable devices also are causing many IT managers to lose sleep. "In the past, organizations used to be concerned about laptops not behind their firewall," says Warren Smith, vice president of marketing at GuardianEdge Technologies, maker of encryption software. "Now they're concerned somebody could drop in a 3-Gig USB drive, inside or outside the corporate perimeter, and walk away with some serious information."
Many large enterprises are quickly adopting end-to-end encryption, and SMBs are following suit, Smith says. But it's hard to police something as small and ubiquitous as thumb drives. "Many organizations would be shocked to find out how mobile their data really is."
Other potential sources of data leaks are those Blackberries and Treos in everyone's pocket, says Sara Gates, vice president of identity management at Sun Microsystems. "PCs are moving down in importance in terms of accessing data. Everything is moving to the edge -- to Blackberries, Treos, and other wireless devices," she says.
In a perfect world such devices would be "naked and dumb," with the intelligence and data residing on the network, protected by an identity management system. "Whether you're a person, a device, a Web service, or a hacker -- we need to know who are, what you can do, and what you will do," Gates says.
But Gates acknowledges that even the most advanced corporations are years away from that kind of bullet-proof identity management.
Nightmare on Config Street
What does it take to bring down a Web server? Try a misplaced comma in a configuration file. That tiny typo once took three servers offline for a major player in the hospitality industry, says Jim Hickey, vice president of marketing at mValent, a producer of configuration management products. A routine check of configuration files using mValent's Integrity app uncovered the error, which might otherwise have gone undetected.
In fact, three-quarters of enterprises surveyed by mValent said they'd suffered application downtime during the prior month due to a configuration glitch.
"One of the dirty little secrets of the software business is that there are hundreds of configuration files with tens of thousands of individual parameters that need to be tuned to make the infrastructure work and keep apps running," Hickey says. "What keeps IT pros up at night is worrying about who has access to these files, what changes are being made, and if they're happening in a controlled fashion."
State Street, a Boston-based custody bank, uses mValent Integrity to check for errors in in-house application development for its Wealth Management Division. Joe Kennedy, vice president of technology architecture and R&D, estimates 30 percent to 40 percent of the problems his organization encounters are due to configuration errors, not bad code. Avoiding such errors is critical to keeping the business running.
"When there's a configuration error, nine times out of 10 you have an outage," Kennedy says. "That's just not acceptable in finance. When you're dealing with people's money, you can't be down."
Configuration management is really part of the bigger challenge of managing in a constantly changing environment, says Charles Ramsey, executive vice president at Service-now.com, an on-demand IT service management company.
"What's keeping IT execs awake is trying to understand what the heck is going on in their environments," Ramsey says. "I recently met with the CIO at a major wireless carrier, which has a change management app so complicated no one uses it. They probably have 85 systems of record in the IT org stored in Access databases, Excel spreadsheets, and on the mainframe. There's no point of integration between them."
Ramsey says enterprises can get a handle on such problems by combining asset, change, configuration, and problem-management tools into a single system of record -- which, not surprisingly, is what Service-now offers.
"The service desk is a critical component," Ramsey says. "If there is true integration and all applications behave in a similar manner, processes like change, problem, asset, and release management all will contribute to having a more effective service desk."
Help! My Network's Overrun by Rogues
Pop Quiz: How many enterprises have software installed on their desktops that their IT departments don't know about and wouldn't approve of if they did know about them?
Answer: All of them, says Peter Evans, vice president of marketing and business development at Internet Security Services.
"Probably 100 percent of enterprises have a problem with rogue software," Evans says. He also says employees typically download software that makes their jobs easier or favorite programs they've used in the past. Many times, though, they're installing IM clients or peer-to-peer apps, which can cause serious problems.
"Any software installed without appropriate oversight can introduce security risks," says Ed Moyle, manager of CTG Consulting, an IT staffing and consulting firm. "We're seeing a lot of interest in extrusion prevention software that scans outgoing network activity for confidential or proprietary data, to make sure it doesn't leak out of the firm."
And if rogue software troubles your sleep, imagine a bigger nightmare: rogue networks. People often think nothing of bringing in insecure devices and logging on to the corporate LAN, says Evans. He cites one instance at a major financial institution in New York where an employee brought in a Wi-Fi enabled laptop. He then began broadcasting an unencrypted, ad hoc wireless network with the name "Apartment" across parts of lower Manhattan, inadvertently connecting to another network and opening an unsecured bridge into the financial institution.
"You cannot predict where wireless is going to be," he says, which is why ISS recommends performing periodic vulnerability scans of clients' offices for unauthorized hardware, including Wi-Fi devices.
He says enterprises may move to a security-on-demand model, where the network automatically scans your device and, if it determines that it's insecure, takes appropriate corrective actions, such as downloading an agent to secure the device for however long you need to log on.
"At a high level you have policy and technology measures that govern what people can and can't do with their machines," says CTG's Moyle. "But in any organization of any size, there will always be nooks and crannies where it's hard to find out what's really going on."
The Compliance Secret Hiding in the Closet
When hackers attack your VoIP system, when employees take sensitive data home on thumb drives, when configuration errors or rogue software takes down your network, it's not just an IT disaster, it's increasingly a compliance problem. And when organizations ignore this reality, it can easily put them in Dutch with state and federal laws.
"Under [California law] SB 1386, people know if a laptop with personally identifiable information on it gets stolen they must disclose that," Moyle says. "But they don't understand that if you put the same data on a thumb drive and bring it home with you, and your home machine has been compromised by spyware, you're still required to disclose that the data has been compromised. They don't know they're out of compliance. It's a huge problem."
But keeping up with the reporting requirements of laws such as SB 1386, HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and all the rest too often becomes a primary responsibility of IT pros who already have full-time jobs. Combine that with poorly understood requirements and poorly defined IT controls, and you have a recipe for regulatory disaster.
Little wonder then that IT firms are struggling more with their SOX audits this year, says Wynn White, Oracle's senior director of security and identity management.
"One dirty little secret of compliance is that the bar keeps getting raised, and what met the requirements a year ago isn't working this year," White notes. "I've spoken with a number of customers who failed this year's audits even though they passed the year before."
Ed Hill, managing director of IT audits at Protiviti, a risk management consultancy, says the most likely reason is IT orgs didn't correct problems noted on last year's audits.
"If you have a deficiency one year that's not deemed 'significant,' and you don't do anything to alleviate it, the next year it almost always becomes significant because it's a repeat finding," Hill notes.
White says there's no simple solution, but he has hope. "It's been ugly for the last couple of years, but our customers understand they need to take a number of steps to become compliant, and that no single solution will do it for them."
In organizations that lack a formal compliance team, dealing with compliance issues saps IT resources that could be used to build the business, says CTG's Moyle. "They still need to build that customer tracking application they promised, but now they have fewer resources to do it."


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The A&E drama series Longmire, based on the Walt Longmire mystery novels by best-selling author Craig Johnson, is a contemporary crime thriller set in Wyoming. Walt Longmire (Australian actor Robert Taylor) is the charismatic, dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, who buries the pain of losing his wife behind a brave face and dry wit. With the help of Victoria "Vic" Moretti (Katee Sackhoff), a female deputy new to the department, Longmire becomes reinvigorated about his job and committed to running for re-election, as he rebuilds his personal and professional life.
During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actress Cassidy Freeman – who plays Walt's only daughter, Cady Longmire, an attorney with dreams of the big city – talked about auditioning for this role while she was still playing Tess Mercer on Smallville, how excited the cast was to hear the show premiered as the most-watched original series on A&E, how she can easily identify with her character, what it's been like to work with Robert Taylor, and why she enjoys the shorter shooting schedule for cable TV. She also talked about the band she has with her brother, called The Real D'Coy, getting stopped by fans for her roles on Smallville and The Vampire Diaries, playing strong characters, and her dream of playing an old movie star in the story of her life. Check out what she had to say after the jump.
Collider: How did you originally come to be a part of Longmire? Did you just go through the typical auditioning process for it?
CASSIDY FREEMAN: It was a regular audition process. I was still working on Smallville, up in Vancouver, and I had this audition. I was reading scripts. It was pilot season. I was excited to try to see if I could get on another show, and this script came along and I really, really liked it. So, I told my people in L.A. that I really wanted to audition in person for this, and that's how it happened.
Since it's so hard to get a show on the air, was it nice to learn that this was the network's most-watched original series when it premiered on June 3rd?
FREEMAN: Oh, we were super excited when we heard that. We all haven't exhaled completely because you never know. There are really great shows out there that just don't make it, for whatever reason. You can't control that. But, we were really excited about the turn-out for the premiere. The publicity side did a really great job, and it's just something that's different and people want that.
Had you intentionally been looking for something so different from Smallville and your role on that show?
FREEMAN: I'm not sure that there's anything a lot like Smallville, so I wasn't really worried about finding something too similar. But, it's a great opportunity to get to do something really different. Everyone, however, wants me to have red hair, which I don't understand because it's not my natural color. Every job I've had since Smallville has wanted me to have red hair, so I have to thank Smallville for that. But, just the fact that it was so different was appealing to me. As an actor, you want to be able to play a lot of different things. I played Tess Mercer for three years and I loved it, but I wanted less time in the hair and make-up trailer, and I got it.
Do you prefer stuff that is more grounded in reality, or do you enjoy the big fantasy stuff?
FREEMAN: I'm going to be honest, I'm not really that picky when it comes to genre. I'm more interested in if I like the writing and if I like the character I'm playing. A lot of people have asked me, "Do you like Tess Mercer? Do you like your characters?," and I think you have to like your characters, or at least part of them, in order to be able to play them. So, I look for interesting storylines, and I thought Tess Mercer had one of the most interesting human storylines in a superhero show, ever. She changed, which people don't do in superhero stuff. And I liked Cady Longmire because she was really struggling. She felt conflicted between a duty to her family and a duty to her father, and a responsibility that may be self-inflicted, and then this wish to move away and start her own life, which can be equally scary and exciting.
Since viewers only got to see a glimpse of your character in the pilot, what can you say about who Cady Longmire is and how she fits into things?
FREEMAN: She grew up in Wyoming with her mom and her dad, and her mom died a year ago while she was at law school, and now, she's a lawyer. Her plan was to leave Wyoming and move to the east coast to practice law in a big city. That has gotten squashed by her mother's death. She doesn't want to leave her dad alone, so she stays at home and practices law. She has this struggle where she really wants something bigger out of her life. She feels ready to go explore and be on her own, and yet she feels tied to her dad because she loves him so much and she's worried about him.
Is she someone who you find yourself easily identifying with, or do you find that she's very different from who you are?
FREEMAN: I think there are definitely similar aspects between the two of us. I do identify with her, which is probably why I like her so much. I was so excited about playing her because I felt like, even with that one scene in the pilot, I had a lot to offer and a lot to do. I have a great relationship with my dad, so I understand that father-daughter relationship a lot. Cady is really strong and she has a clear idea of what's right and wrong, or rather the idea of justice and rules. Even though she might break the rules for herself, once in awhile, she holds others and the community, as a whole, to a pretty high standard, and I totally relate to that.
How do you see the father-daughter relationship developing this season, and what's it been like to work with Robert Taylor?
FREEMAN: It's great to work with Robert. Robert is a new father, so I think he's figuring out a lot about parenthood, as it's going. It's funny to think, but if he were actually to have me as his daughter, he would have had me pretty young. For the first time, I'm actually playing younger than I am, and he might be playing a little bit older. But, he's such an open and loving guy, and he's so quick to give a hug or a shoulder squeeze, and to be there to really experience this with. I feel fortunate that he and I have such great father-daughter chemistry, and I think that that's a relationship that isn't really shown on television a lot. Women usually have sexual relationships or romantic relationships or bad romantic relationships, and therefore are fighting. This is a really complex relationships between a father and a daughter because you have such deep familial love, but you also have a lot of worry about judgement. Daughters always want to be accepted by their fathers, and as they become women, that gets harder and harder to do. And fathers always want to be loved by their daughters, but as soon as they see their faults, that's also difficult to do.
Will viewers get to see more of who your character is, aside from just her relationship with her father?
FREEMAN: Yeah, you totally will. Her law degree and her knowledge of how to get around bureaucracy and the system is going to come in handy with the crimes that Walt is trying to solve. She gets to play a part in that, a little bit. And then, she also has a relationship of her own that she's pretty private about, and she doesn't really want her dad knowing about. That also brings some intrigue to her character.
Will you be interacting with some of Walt's co-workers then?
FREEMAN: Yeah. It's such a small town and everybody but Vic Moretti, played by Katee Sackhoff, grew up there. Cady, Branch (Bailey Chase) and Ferg (Adam Bartley) all knew each other, growing up. It wasn't necessarily that they were all really good friends. They're all probably various ages. But, they definitely knew who each other were, so it has that small town feel. I don't interact an incredible amount with them, in the beginning of the season, because they really have to try to flesh out all these characters at once. She definitely has a connection with Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips) as well because he's like her godfather. He's like the cool uncle that gave her beer.
Do you enjoy the schedule for cable TV where you do fewer episodes and have more time to do other work, in between seasons?
FREEMAN: I am such that person that, when I'm working, I'm like, "Oh, what I wouldn't give for a weekend off!" And then, as soon as I have more that 18 hours without anything to do, I start shaking. It's really funny. My boyfriend laughs at me because three days off a show, I'll be like, "God, I'm feeling antsy!," and he's like, "Are you kidding?! It's been three days!" I love to work. I'll work all the time, unless somebody stops me. I love it, love it, love it! Everyone likes to work on a lot of different things, so what the cable schedule does for me – and this is my first time doing it – is that it gives you three months of really great work, and then it opens up the rest of the year to try to do other stuff. I came from theater and I play in a band and I have a dog that requires way too much of my attention. I have all these other great things that I love to do, and cable allows me to do all of them, which is a really great gift.
Are you recording with your band?
FREEMAN: Yeah. We were actually about to go back into the recording studio, and then we got this opportunity to play at the Isle of Wight festival in England in two weeks. We're going to head over England to play that show, so we're trying to rehearse for that incredible opportunity, which may be a little bit out of our league, I'm going to be honest. We've really honed down some new songs that we might be recording right after that, which would be great.
What's the name of the band and what kind of music do you do?
FREEMAN: We're called The Real D'Coy. My brother calls it theatrical indie rock. He's our drummer and his name is Clark, which is really funny for people. It's rock music.
Do you still get stopped as often for your work on Smallville, or do you get more people approaching you now for playing Sage on The Vampire Diaries?
FREEMAN: It's funny, but I get both. If people recognize me from The Vampire Diaries, they just give me that look that's like, "I think I know you. I think I saw you boxing in 1912, but I'm not sure," because it was such a short-lived run. If people recognize me from Smallville and they have it in them to do it, they'll say something, which I totally appreciate and think is really, really sweet. I've never been off-put by a fan.
Your roles on Smallville and The Vampire Diaries, and even on Longmire, are pretty strong women. Is that something you're consciously attracted to, or does that just come out of who you are?
FREEMAN: I think types have a lot to do with it. When you're starting out in Hollywood, you walk into a room and give off a certain energy, and that's how you're received. I don't think it's until you get further along in your career that you can start picking and choosing things and saying,"I want to play this type of character because no one has ever seen me in that light." I don't think I have that freedom quite yet. I think I give off a strong energy. I'm 5'9″, I'm pretty athletic and I'm pretty outspoken. That's how I am. I think it happens because it's a big part of me and it's an energy I give off. I can't wait until the day when I can play every color in the rainbow. But, I will say that I don't dislike it. I do like playing strong roles.
Is there a dream role that you'd love to do, if given the opportunity?
FREEMAN: Yeah, I want to play an old movie star in the story of her life. I have one, in particular, but I'm hesitant to say it because I don't want to jinx it.
Longmire airs on Sunday nights on A&E.

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Pastor Darryl Miller
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South Ensley UMC, 13600 Cypress, Ensley Township
You may have heard the story of Stone Soup in one form or another. A poor man or peddler comes into a village and goes door-to-door asking for food. At each house he is turned away with the occupant saying that they only have a small portion of potatoes or carrots or something else, never more than one thing and never much. The man goes to the town square and starts a fire under a pot of water into which he places a stone. As the townsfolk come along and ask what he is doing, he says he is making stone soup. The people offer the small items they all have and soon the whole community is sharing in a pot of wonderful soup made of all their bits. In a way, that is how we take care of each other even today.
We, in the faith community think (for the most part) that this is a good way to do things—together. There are many small churches in the area that do all they can for the community they serve. But when we get together and pool our resources, we can do so much more. And it doesn't stop there. The same works for individuals.
Churches are asked often to help those who are struggling and what a great blessing it is when a number of individuals who have no ability to give monetarily to a church are willing to give of their time and talents to make a difference for their neighbors in need! So much is accomplished by these wonderful people! We may not have a lot to give, but what we do have can make a huge difference in the lives of our communities.
How often have you heard or said yourself "I'm only one person, what can I do?" The truth is—a lot! None of us knows everything—despite what my uncle claims about himself! But we all know something. I used to work in construction and it took an awful lot of us to put together a building. Electricians, heating people, plumbers, carpenters, and the list goes on. If we had tried to do the job alone, we would never have finished and if we had, well… I'm not sure I'd want to live in it! But all of us together made something that will last a long, long time. The same is true of all of us.
Together we can make a difference that will last a long, long time. Helping those in need in the name of Christ makes a difference in the world. And that is what we are supposed to do. Just remember that when you do something for someone else out of the goodness of your heart and in the name of Christ, you are not alone! God is with you and so are all of us who are brothers and sisters in Him.


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Millennium Health Expands Pharmacogenetic Test to Help Clinicians Prescribe the Right Medicine at the Right Dose
Millennium PGT helps clinicians make individualized medication decisions
SAN DIEGO (July 17, 2014) — Millennium Health announced today that it has expanded its pharmacogenetic test (Millennium PGTSM) to include seven additional genes. The expanded test gives clinicians additional, objective information, based on patients' own genetics to help determine their potential response to a broad list of medications commonly prescribed across four key therapeutic areas, including pain, mental health, addiction and cardiovascular therapy.
Millennium PGT now analyzes clinically relevant genetic variants for 11 genes related to medication response to help clinicians individualize prescribing decisions. The Millennium Analysis of Patient Phenotype (MAPP®) Report provides clinicians with evidence based and clinically actionable information to support medication decisions for over 30 commonly prescribed medications across 14 medication classes. The MAPP Report also includes information for 20 medications with pharmacogenetic information or specific recommendations related to use in their U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved labels.
"Millennium is providing clinical tools for improving care for all patients, and through investments in the newest technologies, we have delivered on that promise with our expanded PGT offering," said Chief Executive Officer, Brock Hardaway. "This milestone allows us to continue fulfilling a crucial need in health care, and offers additional tools that may help providers make more effective, individualized medication choices to get their patients on the path to wellness faster."
This saliva-based test helps clinicians determine, based on genetics, which medications are more likely to work for an individual patient, while helping them to avoid prescribing those more likely to cause adverse reactions. Millennium PGT helps health care providers minimize trial and error prescribing potentially shortening the time it takes for patients to feel better.
"It is very good to know it's the right drug, and it's very good to know that you're giving the right dose, and it's good to know that that patient is going to respond in the way you hope," said Dr. Manya Helman, family practice physician, Salem, Ore. "To be able to give the right drug, in the right dose, to right patient is exactly what our goal is."
In addition to the core offerings of CYP2D6, CYP2C19, CYP2B6, and UGT2B15, this expansion will significantly broaden Millennium's PGT menu to include CYP2C9, CYP3A4, CYP3A5, as well as VKORC1, COMT, MTHFR and OPRM1. Paired with PGT ConsultSM, a mobile application that provides evidence-based clinical decision support to health care providers, Millennium PGT is helping clinicians optimize patient care.
About Millennium PGT
Millennium PGT is a laboratory developed pharmacogenetic test that analyzes clinically important genetic variations associated with how patients may respond to many commonly prescribed medicines. Millennium PGT is a saliva based test that provides clinicians with objective information that may help them individualize medication treatment decisions.
Millennium PGT is paired with the MAPP® Report, which provides clinicians with actionable information, based on a patient's own genetics, about their potential response to over 30 medications prescribed across four key therapeutic areas: pain, mental health, addiction and cardiovascular therapy. Together with PGT Consult, a mobile application that provides evidence-based clinical decision support, the combination of tools helps clinicians individualize medications to their patient's unique genetics, maximizing the opportunity for successful outcomes.
Download the MILLENNIUM PGTSM FACT SHEET.
About Millennium Health
Millennium Health, a leader in the science of medication monitoring and pharmacogenetics, is transforming the way health care professionals monitor and manage their patients' medication therapy. Through the use of advanced technology, supported by research and education, Millennium helps practitioners personalize care for patients. Building on this strong foundation, Millennium aims to expand its impact by helping more people affected by chronic illnesses and dedicating itself to filling a crucial unmet need in health care. More information can be found at www.millenniumhealth.com.


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S.F. citywide Wi-Fi plan fizzles as provider backs off
Mayor Gavin Newsom's high-profile effort to blanket San Francisco with a free wireless Internet network died Wednesday when provider EarthLink backed out of a proposed contract with the city.
The contract, which was three years in the making, had run into snags with the Board of Supervisors, but ultimately it was undone when Atlanta-based EarthLink announced Tuesday that it no longer believed providing citywide Wi-Fi was economically viable for the company.
Newsom blamed the Board of Supervisors for not acting quickly enough to approve the contract that he said was the best deal any big city had negotiated.
"I'm disappointed because we had a chance to get it done, and it didn't happen," Newsom said. "The board delayed it, and now EarthLink could not be more pleased."
Newsom said he did not see any benefit in the deal collapsing even though EarthLink appears to be in financial straits and has an uncertain future.
The company announced Tuesday that it will slash 900 jobs - about half its workforce - and close offices in San Francisco and several other cities as a result of stiff competition from other Internet service providers.
"EarthLink would have been legally obligated to fulfill its promises to San Francisco, and we would have had a functioning Wi-Fi system by now," Newsom said.
EarthLink spokesman Jerry Grasso said that EarthLink was willing to work with San Francisco but had decided that it "was not willing to work in the business model where EarthLink fronts all the money to build, own and operate the network."
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said that Newsom should be "relieved" that the contract was not finalized and defended the board, saying that it had saved the city from being stuck with a questionable network and company.
"The mayor should be extremely thankful that the board was so investigative and thorough in its review," Mirkarimi said. "EarthLink's meltdown confirms our concerns that the risks outweighed the benefits."
In January, the city agreed to a deal in which EarthLink would have paid the city $2 million for the right to build, install and run a free Wi-Fi network and to partner with Google to provide Internet service. People could have paid $20 per month for a faster connection.
But the proposed contract stalled at the Board of Supervisors, whose approval was needed for the transaction to go forward.
Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin proposed changes to the contract that would have increased the minimum connection speed of the free service, require additional privacy protections and reduce the duration of the contract from 16 to eight years.
The board had expected a response to those changes from EarthLink soon.
The city started negotiating the Wi-Fi agreement when EarthLink was under the leadership of Chief Executive Garry Betty. Betty, who died earlier this year after a battle with cancer, saw municipal Wi-Fi as a way to free EarthLink from the cost of using other companies' networks.
Rolla Huff, who became the company's CEO in June, said in recent months that the company was re-evaluating its approach to providing Wi-Fi in cities because the practice was not providing an acceptable rate of return.
EarthLink's nascent municipal wireless projects in Philadelphia and Anaheim so far have not produced expected profits.
On Aug. 3, Newsom and Peskin jointly submitted a last-minute ballot measure for the November election that would allow voters to say whether they support establishing free, wireless Internet access in San Francisco.
The measure would not be legally enforceable but was designed to rally public support for the proposal.
Peskin was on vacation and not available for comment Wednesday.
Newsom said the public response to the measure will help the city move forward with a new plan.
"We think a public-private partnership is the way to go, but we're looking at new ways to do it. ... We will benefit from the lessons we've learned so far and from what other cities are doing," Newsom said.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – At first glance, everything seems normal with Colorado Rapids midfielder Pablo Mastroeni. He practices fully, without the rugby-like helmet that had been strapped to his head for months, and he flashes his trademark grin as he walks off the field after a recent practice, joking with teammates.
The 36-year-old veteran midfielder has become a half-coach, half-player as he recovers from post-concussion symptoms. Mastroeni last played in a 2-1 win at Philadelphia March 18 before suffering a recurrence of headaches, leaving him away from the practice fields for months before returning in a slowly increasing role in the last couple of months.
The former US national team regular is essentially dictating his own role these days, often partaking in fitness drills and parts of scrimmages, depending on the day. But Mastroeni is now a regular at practice, mentoring younger players and re-establishing himself as the Rapids' emotional anchor.
"For me, it's good to be out for a personal level to be out with the guys and really not focus on concussion stuff," Mastroeni told MLSsoccer.com after a recent practice. "Being out here on the soccer field is the one place that allows me to live in the present. I feel like with every week that I've been out here, my physical symptoms have waned, not to mention my psychological symptoms have improved greatly to where I don't wear a helmet anymore out here."
READ: Mastroeni helps bring soccer to South Dakota reservation
Mastroeni had previously described being in a "dark, dark place" as he struggled through his latest bout of concussion-related problems. Considering his age, recent history with concussions and his importance to the franchise, the Rapids are simply letting Mastroeni dictate his own role.
"With Pablo, we are taking it one step at a time," Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja told MLSsoccer.com. "We want him to feel comfortable coming in in the mornings without having too much responsibility and a structured role. Instead, [we want him] just being around the boys, because I still consider him a half player, and he's making his way into a new role."
Mastroeni certainly looks the role of a player at practices, taking younger players under his wing and drawing on 14 years of professional soccer experience to offer anyone who will listen.
"Being around here and being in the locker room and having the experience I do in talking with younger players and talking with my teammates, it kind of takes your mind off certain things. You just pal around," Mastroeni said. "Out here, it's my temple, it's the one place where I don't feel any of that."
Mastroeni hasn't made a firm decision on his playing future yet – he expects to do so after the season – and he doesn't plan on thinking too much about a decision until then, as he's simply happy with the progress he's made to date.
"If I'd have told you when I last spoke to you that I'd be out here without a helmet on, I would've said you're crazy," Mastroeni said. "And so for me, putting any type of time frame, any type of expectation would be futile for me. For me, it's a journey in it of itself, it's a journey within a journey."
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TUPELO – Jason Shelton took a decisive victory Tuesday to win election as Tupelo's first Democratic mayor in 28 years.
Shelton, 37, an attorney, defeated Republican Ward 2 Councilman Fred Pitts, 70, by capturing nearly 60 percent of the vote and overcoming a concerted effort by the state Republican Party to hold on to the mayor's office in a GOP stronghold.
Shelton won 10 of the city's 13 voting precincts, resulting in leads in six of Tupelo's seven wards, including Pitts' Ward 2. He'll succeed Jack Reed Jr., who did not seek re-election to a second four-year term.
City Clerk Kim Hanna said minor glitches in the election led some voters to vote by affidavit, which will be counted this morning. However, nothing related to the election would overturn Shelton's hefty margin of victory.
Throughout the race, Shelton faced partisan barbs from Pitts, along with negative, anonymous phone push polls and emails attacking him for his occupation as a trial attorney and his contributions to national Democratic candidates and causes. In the final days of the campaign, state Republican leaders visited Tupelo to endorse Pitts and the state party sent negative mailers to Tupelo voters.
Pitts distanced himself from the push polls and state party mailers, saying he had nothing to do with them.
Shelton described the attacks as untrue and unbecoming to a Tupelo campaign. He continued to tout his policy platform ranging in topics from urban renewal to openness in government to low taxes.
"The citizens of Tupelo have sent a message to Jackson and every other outside group that they can leave their ugly politics elsewhere because we don't do it here," Shelton said at his victory party at Romie's Grocery.
"Let's have some fun tonight, and let's do some great things in Tupelo, Miss., for the next four years," he said.
Considered a longshot at winning the mayor's race when he qualified to run during the final week to register in March, by the end of the race, Shelton was considered the frontrunner.
He styled himself as the fiscal conservative in the race, agreeing with Reed on some issues but disagreeing with some of the spending policies pursued by Reed and supported by Pitts.
Shelton's primary focus of his campaign involved attracting more younger, middle-income families back to Tupelo, a city that saw limited growth in the recent census while some surrounding communities in Lee County grew at a significantly larger rate.
A traditionally reliable GOP stronghold, Tupelo's mayoral election raised eyebrows all the way to Jackson, where the state Republican Party identified the municipal election as among the top four priorities during this year's election cycle.
Tupelo isn't the only sore spot for the Mississippi Republican Party. Each of its other priorities – Meridian, Starkville and Ocean Springs – was won by Democratic candidates.
A spokesman with the state GOP did not return a request for comment late Tuesday night.
Pitts shared tears, hugs and handshakes with about 100 supporters at The Icehouse in downtown Tupelo after conceding the mayor's race Tuesday.
"The voters have spoken," he said, clearly emotional after speaking to the crowd. "I hope our mayor and city council will continue to work together."
Pitts also said he would help in any way and would continue to be involved in the community.
He said he had no more political aspirations after his defeat.
"I've served my time; I'm sorry I couldn't do more for this community," he said.
Asked if he felt the race became more about personalities than issues, Pitts said, "I think some people didn't always seek out all the truth and didn't look down the road."
He also said he would not have changed how he ran his campaign.
"We ran a good, clean campaign. ... if I had to start over, I wouldn't do anything different."
Pitts said he'll take some time off for a vacation, "then July 1 it's back to work."


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I'm sorry I don't seem very sympathetic in refusing to write a letter to your insurance company about the drug. Honestly, this stuff ain't cheap, and you should appreciate that your company is willing to cover it for you at all.
The 30mg and 60mg pills cost about the same per pill. So taking two of the 30mg each night, instead of one 60mg, basically doubles the price. And I really don't have a good reason to tell your insurance that they should pay the higher cost.
There might be medical reasons SOME people need this, but "because I like the cute blue & white 30mg, and not the ugly blue & green 60mg" is not one of them.
I also appreciate that blue & white are the colors of your alma mater, but again, I don't think your insurance company is going to feel that justifies them paying twice as much for your pills.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Suspended Missouri guard Michael Dixon left the team Thursday after two sexual assault claims became public this week.
Dixon, who was not charged in either case, has been benched all season for No. 13 Missouri (5-1). The senior averaged 13.5 points as Missouri's sixth man last season and was a projected starter.
Neither Dixon nor the university addressed the allegations in the university's two-sentence announcement of his departure.
"It's been a challenging few months and while I appreciate the support of many in the Mizzou community, including my coaches and teammates, it's in the best interest of me, my family and the University of Missouri for me to finish my career elsewhere," Dixon said.
The one-time prep star from suburban Kansas City was briefly suspended for violating unspecified team rules in December 2010 by former Missouri coach Mike Anderson, who is now at Arkansas.
That suspension came after allegations against Dixon by a woman who told the Associated Press on Thursday that she declined to press charges in part to avoid embarrassing her family.
The woman, who is now 25 and a university employee, asked that her name not be used because of safety concerns.
The AP also does not generally identify alleged sexual assault victims.
At the time of Dixon's alleged assault, she was a recent graduate who worked for the school's athletics department. She said she reported her concerns to campus police, who encouraged her to file charges, and complained to school officials, including Anderson.
One of Dixon's teammates then warned the woman "to keep her mouth shut," she said.
"At the time, I did what was right for me by not pressing charges," she said. "It was a very personal decision."
Over the weekend, a female student accused Dixon of sexual assault, disclosing the allegation publicly in a Twitter exchange with former Missouri guard Kim English, now a Detroit Pistons reserve. The woman also filed a police report in August, copies of which were publicly released this week, but Boone County prosecutors decided on Nov. 16 to not file charges.
The absence of criminal charges in both cases prompted a groundswell of support for Dixon's reinstatement among Missouri fans, with some Twitter posts calling for the school to "Free Mike Dixon."
English was among the most vocal supporters, defending his former teammate's "poise, class and professionalism" while also praising Missouri coach Frank Haith and chancellor Brady Deaton. But he called a university disciplinary board apparently investigating Dixon "a joke" and said his alma mater "should be ashamed!" Those criticisms were later deleted - as was the 19-year-old sophomore's online accusation that prompted English's comments.
Dixon posted his own defense that "I've done nothing wrong!" on Twitter after a loss to No. 2 Louisville a week ago at a tournament in the Bahamas - a tournament he traveled to with the team - but later had it removed.
Haith had declined to discuss the reasons for Dixon's suspension, which he said did not involve NCAA matters or legal issues - a characterization subject to interpretation given that the case remained under review by local prosecutors until two weeks ago. Most recently, Haith said he would not talk about the "rumors and allegations" involving Dixon.
The woman who first accused Dixon two years ago said she struggled with the mostly unwavering support he received during his most recent suspension.
"It's really difficult for me to see someone praised by such a large group of people when I know how he hurt me," she said.


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In fact, ISO Poly's production has tripled over the past three years. This has encouraged this blown film processor, which is part of the Sigma Plastics group, to continue to invest in new equipment and to open a new 30,000 ft², state-of-the-art facility in Vancouver, Wash., that started turning out multi-layer food packaging film at the end of September.
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Today, ISO Poly operates 18 blown film lines. Of those, 15 are designed for coex films with up to seven layers and structures with nylon or EVOH barriers. "We are in a variety of markets and even have a small footprint in medical films, but the mainstay of our business is still food packaging," remarks McClure. "And that position has helped us grow despite a rough economy."
The new plant in Vancouver gives ISO Poly easier access to West Coast markets. The facility will have three-layer coextrusion capacity and seven-layer barrier capacity to produce films for converting, coating, printing, and laminating markets. It houses five lines—a combination of new and refurbished, supplied by Hosokawa Alpine American, Natick, Mass.—that are expected to add 50 million lb/yr of specialty films to ISO Poly's mix, bumping up the firm's total capacity to about 130 million lb/yr.
Expansion has been part of ISO Poly's culture since its early days. The Gray Court plant was built initially for six lines. But over time the firm added more lines and, in 2006, completed a major expansion that more than doubled the square footage of the plant.
The final phase of the expansion included construction of a 35,000 ft² site that increased ISO's capacity for higher-end multilayer films for medical and food applications. The South Carolina complex is currently 135,000 ft², and employs 110 people on either a full- or part-time basis.
Gray Court houses 13 advanced film lines, including monolayer, three-layer, five-layer, and seven-layer high-barrier coextrusion lines, furnished primarily by Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp., Lincoln, R.I. These include two recently ordered Varex blown film lines, one three-layer and one seven-layer. The three-layer Varex line has a working width of 110 in. It includes three grooved-feed extruders (90, 135, and 90 mm, all with 30:1 L/D); a Maxicone C die; Optifil P2K automatic gauge-control system; Filmatic S surface winder; and Opticool air ring.
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ISO Poly became part of Sigma Plastics, headquartered in Lyndhurst, N.J. in February 2009. Sigma Plastics, which consists of 17 companies producing blown and cast film, will have more than 26 blown film coex lines from W&H. In just over a year, nine Varex lines have been installed at or ordered for Sigma companies.
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|Are you kidding? I made that up. You know Marcus, he got lost once in his own museum.
|~ Indiana Jones, telling his father about Marcus.
Marcus Brody is a good friend and colleague of Indiana Jones and his father, Henry Jones Sr. He is a minor character in the first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 and one of the two tritagonists in the third film, The Last Crusade in 1989. He was once the dean of the university that Indiana taught at in New York. He also owns a museum which contains several artifacts discovered by Indiana himself. Though intelligent, he is rather clueless and incompetent at times but still kind hearted and well- meaning. In both films, he would walk in and listen to Indiana's lectures and would meet with him after class. He was portrayed by the late actor Denholm Elliott. In the fourth film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, that debuted in 2008, his character was killed off due to the actor passing away in 1992.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
In 1936, Indiana Jones tried to retrieve an ancient aztec artifact for Brody's musuem but loses it to Renee Belloq, the film's antagonist. Brody tells Indy to forget about it and informs him that two army intelligence agents wish to meet with both of them. The agents inform Jones that the nazis are excavating outside of Cairo, Egypt and are searching for the Ark of the Covenant. Brody tells them a brief history of the Ark and what it could mean to the world if Hitler succeeds in getting it. Later that night, Brody tells Indy that the government gives him permission to go after the Ark and stop the nazis. They were given a guarantee that the ark can go to Brody's museum. He warns Indy that searching for the Ark would be a test of faith, but Indy assures him that he's overreacting. Brody did not appear until after the film when Indiana retrieves the Ark and the two meet with the agents in Washington D.C. Brody demands to know the location of the Ark, but the agent says its being examined by 'top men'.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
In 1938, Indiana succeeds in retrieveing a gold Spaniard crucifix for Brody's museum after 25 years of getting it back from thieves. Brody was impressed. After learning that Henry Jones Sr. had disappeared, he goes to his house with Indy to find it ransacked and for the sake of his old friend, he decided to accompany him to Venice to find him. When Indy and Dr. Elsa Schneider went into the catacombs to find a tomb, Marcus is entrusted to hold on to Henry's grail diary and while waiting, he is knocked unconcious by Kazim. After discovering the location of the Grail as well as Henry's imprisonment, Indy went to find Henry, while Brody would meet with Sallah in a town near the Grail's location. When Indy was captured, the nazis learn that Brody had the map and sent out scouts to find him. In a bluff, Indy tells them Brody has friends and resources everywhere and will be very difficult to find. Brody arrives in Iskenderun, totally oblivious of where to go and its inhabitants not knowing english. Sallah quickly finds him but are intercepted by two nazis. They tell Brody that the town's museum director requests his presence; Brody agrees but Sallah senses its a trap. Sallah beats them up and has Brody hide in a building, unbeknownst that its was a German truck and Brody was captured. With a few miles away from the canyon, Marcus is seen in a car with Donovan and Schneider. After learning that Jones and Sallah were close, they put Brody in their tank. Henry sneaks in and tries to rescue him, only to be captured himself. During the battle, the two manage to get out of the tank. Indiana accidently elbows Marcus and knocks him off the tank. When the tank fell off the cliff, Marcus, along with Sallah and Henry believed that Indiana was dead and wept over his grave. Indy survived and Marcus was confused over how he survived that. The four travel to the canyon and are captured by the nazis. When Henry got shot, Brody helped tend to his wounds and begged Indy to hurry and retrieve the grail. After witnessing the grail healing Henry, he gave the sign of the cross and thanked God for sparing his friend. The four left the canyon and began to ride home. Marcus rode off first and was almost falling off his horse. Indy reminded his father that even though Brody was intelligent, he still got lost once in his own museum. Indy rode up and helped his oldest friend.
In the fourth film, set 19 years after the third film, the audience learns that Marcus, along with Henry passed away a few years earlier. When Indiana and Mutt Williams were being chased by the Russians, they almost crashed into a statue of Marcus, dedicated to the university, but the Russians did, in which the head came off. Mutt laughed but Indy did not find it funny as it was an insult towards his deceased friend.
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is there something like a debug/release mode in g++ like in ms visual studio 2003?
is there something like a debug/release mode in g++ like in ms visual studio 2003?
Historically, the microsoft debugger could not handle optimised code, so either you had a debug build (lots of debug, no optimisation), or release (no debug, optimised code). I don't know if the latest versions solve this problem.
The GNU tools allow the debugger to work with optimised code, although the results can look pretty odd if you're single-stepping through optimised code
Basically, all it means for you is that "release" adds "-O2" to the compiler command line. The 2 is the level of optimisation (there are several more as described in the manual).
There are also a huge number of long options to request specific optimisations to be carried out when you want more control than the summary options like -O2 provide.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
also, use -g to include debug info in your build. This will help when using tools like gdb.
And when I compile code with "g++ -O2" on my XEON machine, is it already optimized for the processor?
whenever you build with optimisations it is optimised for the processor.
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what about defining NDEBUG to disable assert and other debug macros?
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There isn't an answer to this one. There are some strategies for doing this with restrained box sizes but the general case you describe isn't actually solvable. At least no one has yet. (of course, there may be some genius out there that just broke NP-complete problems too but...)
I've not heard of anyone solving this or any related 2d or 3d problem.
The balance problem, aka tape-sides is a good simpler example. Given a set of weights (or a set of song lengths) divide them into two sets that have the least difference in weight (length)
There are a lot of nice strategies but they all have nasty cases that don't work. Exaustively trying every case is the only hope. The best bet is to minimize the cases you have to exhaust. Force everything to inch(cm) boundries, move boxes on the same. Pack things around the largest volume item, etc.
Really, not to discourage you too much, it might be a good idea to start on something a bit simpler, like curing cancer. =)
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A low-level interface to a growing number of Amazon Web Services. The botocore package is the foundation for the AWS CLI as well as boto3.
On 10/09/2019 support for Python 2.6 and Python 3.3 was deprecated and support was dropped on 01/10/2020. To avoid disruption, customers using Botocore on Python 2.6 or 3.3 will need to upgrade their version of Python or pin the version of Botocore in use prior to 01/10/2020. For more information, see this blog post.
Documentation for botocore can be found here.
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The Occupy Movement as a Travelling Idea
Anne Kaun discusses the Occupy movement as a travelling idea with reinterpretations and reshapings based on different local and cultural contexts. Anne is a CGCS visiting scholar and lecturer at Södertörn University in Sweden. She is interested in investigating the cultural implications…Read More


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Ten Questions for Gilt Groupe's CEO Kevin Ryan After His Big Funding Round
Here are the highlights from my interview with Gilt Groupe's Founder and CEO Kevin Ryan, who just raised $138 million in capital to place the company in the upper echelon of today's new e-commerce companies.
For more on the financing, including Softbank's role in the deal, read the details here. Otherwise, continue reading below for excerpts from our chat.
When Ryan first started the company almost four years ago today, it focused on selling woman's clothing and accessories to members who signed up for a daily email. Now Gilt, which targets affluent young professionals, has expanded into men's apparel, travel, children's items and home decor. In a matter of months, it will launch two new verticals: gourmet food and full-priced men's clothing.
So, $138 million is a lot of money. Is an IPO next?
"It will be great not to have to do this [fundraising] for a long time. This will be the last time the company raises a private round. [We'll be seeking an initial public offering] at some point, but we have no specific plans. It's not happening any time soon, but that would be the next step."
Why have you picked gourmet food and men's full-priced apparel as your next two verticals?
We already announced that the men's full-priced site was coming this summer. That's a full store going head to head with department stores. It's not Gilt-branded…It's not flash sales, it's full price, and in the next month or two, we'll be launching our gourmet food business, where food is sent in the mail. It's also full price, not discounted.
To find out what vertical we'll do next, we generally do ten sales on the site and see how it works. We did a lot of men's full-priced sales and they went very well. We've had a lot of pet sales, and they haven't done as well. We try lots of things…Any of these could be set up as a new category.
What do you have in mind for acquisitions?
We've done two so far: Decorati and Bergine, and we have nothing specific in mind. But over time there will be a lot of consolidation in this space. For instance, if we were going to enter the art space, I would look at doing an acquisition, where there's three to four players who have established a fair amount of expertise and relationships with galleries. There's hundreds of sites. So many have entered this space, and they aren't going to make it. We get approached every day by two to three about a potential acquisition.
What do you think of Amazon's new flash sales site called MyHabit?
The site looks pretty good. We'll see. They've had trouble in the past when they launched Endless to go after Zappos. It's hard when you have lots of priorities. If you asked me who do you think will do better, eBay or Amazon, I think Amazon. Amazon has gotten better out the gate and will do a better job.
What about new competition, coming from international players entering the U.S.?
There's only one player in the world to watch. Reports say Vente Privée will enter in the next next nine months. But if you weren't covering this business, you would have asked "Who? I never even heard of them." That's the reality, and for them to enter, they'll have to set up warehouses and sign up members. Basically, you are a start-up…I don't worry about international players, even ones that are bigger than we are.
Same goes for Gilt if you enter a new market. You'll have to start from scratch, too, right?
It's not at the top of our list right now. The reason I went to Japan is that after three months, I asked, "Are there any large countries where no one is doing this?" That's an opportunity you don't want to miss. If I'd entered now and was the fourth player, there wouldn't be anything compelling there. There's an advantage to being the first player. Over the next six months, you won't see any activity there. We'll be focused more on verticals.
How many verticals will you go in?
Not tons, but every year we'll enter one or two for the next one or two years. I don't want to be in 100 verticals. I want to be in the big ones that make sense.
Where are you seeing the most growth right now?
It's not very revealing. We are always seeing the most growth in our newest verticals. In terms of the largest, first women's, then men, then Jetsetter, and then the other four.
In general, what do you think of the daily deals/group-buying/discount/sales business? Is it here to stay?
Yes. All you have to do is step back and ask how big is T.J. Maxx or Ross? You are talking about a $50 billion sector offline. It's not a stretch to believe that some of that will move online. Duh, of course it will.
The fact that it's flash sales doesn't matter. If you walked into T.J. Maxx, you might see something that you won't see a week later. They don't call it a flash sale, but that is what it is. It's a shift online. All you have to believe is that of the $50 billion-plus business, five percent will move online. That's not ridiculous and that's $2.5 billion.
What has surprised you about the business?
I thought the majority of our sales would come from outside New York, where people have access to sample sales all the time. But I was really wrong. It turns out that New York is by far our biggest market. People may be working only two blocks away, but they are busy. They are partners at Goldman Sachs. They don't have time to go stand in line, but they can sneak online for five minutes.


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It's time for The X Factor to get down to business.
Beginning with Wednesday's episode, Fox's singing competition moved to the second phase of its sophomore season: boot camp, where the 120 or so contestants who made it through the first round of auditions will be whittled down to just 24 over the course of a week. According to judge L.A. Reid, boot camp really ups the ante for the hopefuls.
"On the first audition, God knows how long they've rehearsed," Reid explained on a recent conference call with reporters. "We get to boot camp, they don't have any time to prepare. So, now it's like we separate the boys from the men. We see what you're really made of. That's exciting to me."
The X Factor: Boot Camp kicks off the Battle of the Whitneys
Still, Reid insists that the intensified challenges are nothing compared to what the performers will go through if they truly want to become superstars like Britney Spears and Demi Lovato. "They didn't become a success because they were slackers," Reid said of his fellow judges. "Both of them worked really, really hard coming up the ranks. ... They put in the work. So I think that the kids that we have in boot camp, we're putting them through drills that are a fraction of the drills that Britney Spears has gone through. And I'm saying that knowing that boot camp is tough. We're putting these guys through rigorous, rigorous tasks to really see if they're qualified to go through to the next round."
The contestants aren't the only ones facing higher stakes, Reid said. In boot camp, he and the rest of the judges — Simon Cowell, Spears and Lovato — will start to offer more feedback on the performances, as they prepare to move into their mentorship roles later in the season. "It gives us a different kind of a momentum, because that's when we the judges are actually participating at some level," he said. "It's a different stage for us, simply because we're not just sitting there in judgment, but we're actually participating."
But if Reid sees any frontrunners going in, he's keeping them to himself. "I have many, many favorites. Too many to name," he said. "The competition in boot camp is going to be so stiff. I can't predict the outcome because there's so much good talent this year."
The X Factor's boot camp phase continues Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.


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Wake-up call: Inns eye safety after Clifton tragedy
A romantic weekend in a luxurious, historic inn, sipping champagne in front of a fireplace in a candlelit room: fantasy getaway or recipe for disaster?
Last November's tragic fire at the four-diamond Clifton Inn– recently hit with lawsuits seeking over $10 million in the deaths of two women– raises questions about just how safe these elegant accommodations are.
The complaints charge that the Clifton Inn and its owners, Mitchell and Emily Willey, failed to comply with fire safety codes, including smoke alarm maintenance and backup; that windows were painted shut, preventing the escape of New York law firm recruiters Trish Langlade and Billie Kelly, and that employees left the inn unattended with candles and fireplaces blazing.
No charges will be filed against the inn or its employees, according to the July 23 report of the Albemarle Fire Marshal's investigation of the November 14 fire. While a 1999 inspection turned up a number of fire code violations, those were fixed, say the report. The county says the fire was accidental, and its exact cause is undetermined.
Andrea Wilson remembers being concerned about upstairs windows in the 1799 main structure when she worked there seven years ago and couldn't get them open to spray some wasps' nests. "I tried– and a handyman tried– to open the windows," she says.
Craig Hartman was innkeeper and executive chef at that time, and he wasn't worried about the windows. The inn was repainted twice during the six years he was there, he says, and when he left, "There wasn't a window we couldn't open."
He was more troubled by the old electrical system, which he says was replaced entirely during his tenure running the inn. He also recalls being concerned about the wood-burning fires in the guest rooms, and the factor he calls "guest error."
Now executive chef at the Statler Hotel in Ithaca, New York, Hartman left Clifton to run an inn in Colorado that had burned and sat vacant for years after a guest fell asleep while smoking a cigarette.
"I think most owners and innkeepers are hypersensitive about safety issues," says Hartman, especially in historic country inns with fireplaces in every room and no sprinkler systems.
When he and his wife were renovating the Cliff House in Colorado, they put sealed, gas fireplaces in every room. "I thought they were the cheesiest thing in the world," he says, but they were safe, and the guests like them."
The Clifton Inn fire made local innkeepers take stock.
"That could have been us," says Rose Farber, one of the owners of High Meadows Vineyard Inn.
After the fire, High Meadows had three different fire inspections. Farber was surprised to learn that Albemarle County does not require annual inspections.
"We called to request an inspection, and were told they only did surprise inspections"– a problem if the innkeepers wanted to be there. They did get a county inspection– but called in two other firefighters from Charlottesville for safety checks as well.
That policy may be changing, says county spokesperson Lee Catlin. 'We were well within state and local guidelines at the time of the fire," she says. However, "as a growing county, we may need to put a more proactive fire inspection program in place that goes beyond what the state requires."
High Meadows management met with its staff to look at fire safety issues. They removed candles from guest rooms and realized that while the employees knew where fire extinguishers were, guests may not.
Now, big signs point to exits and fire extinguishers. Farber admits that some of her staff feel the signs interrupt the romantic decor, but she's firm that safety trumps ambience any day.
Even before the Clifton fire, guest room fireplaces at High Meadows burned only Duralogs, "because they don't spark," says Farber.
Inn at Monticello owner Norm Lindway says he's always been very safety conscious, but the fire "renewed a caution on our part. We're going to be a little more vigilant."
Someone is always present at the inn, he says. They don't allow candles in rooms, and the smoke alarms are wired so that if one goes off, the other alarms will, too. And if they lose power, there's a battery backup.
"Our insurance carrier is the same as Clifton's," says Lindway. "There's a checklist we have to go over every year."
"The one thing I've always been paranoid about is fire," says Bill Sheehan, who's owned Prospect Hill in Louisa County for 27 years.
He made two changes after Clifton burned: Every fire extinguisher was recharged, and now smoke alarms are checked every day.
Prospect Hill has carbon monoxide detectors in every room and hallway. The fireplaces have screens, the one room that doesn't open to a porch or balcony has a ladder, and "all our windows open," notes Sheehan.
For romantic purposes, he does allow candles in rooms, but they're the metal-encased tea lights "and they burn only for an hour," he says.
Like other owners of properties built in the centuries before building codes, Sheehan is aware of challenges required to keep them safe. "This house was built in 1732 and a lot of the electrical was put in in the '50s and '60s. We replaced all of that. Everything is to code."
"Everything you do in an old house– whether it's maintenance or safety or guest comfort– is trying to infuse the modern into the old," says Farber at the 1832/1882-built High Meadows.
She commiserates with fellow innkeepers Mitchell and Emily Willey, whom she describes as "really good friends" and "caring people."
Hartman in Ithaca echoes that. "Clifton was such a tragedy. I feel bad for the owners and the people who died. I know Mitch Willey really cares, and safety was a big concern."
According to its website, Clifton is accepting reservations for January 2005.
Candles and fireplaces have always been hazards at historic country inns selling romance. No charges will be filed in the blaze that caused the deaths of two women at Clifton Inn last fall.
The owner of Prospect Hill in Louisa County has intensified his safety checks.


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The bail set for Karen Blau, charged with fatally striking a pregnant woman, was reduced at a bail appeal hearing.
The bail set for Karen Blau, charged with fatally striking a pregnant woman, was reduced at a bail appeal hearing.
Blau's bail, originally set at $500,000 cash bail during her arraignment on Monday, was reduced to $5,000 cash at an appeal hearing in Norfolk County Superior Court on Thursday.
Judge Robert Cosgrove reduced the bail with the conditions that Blau would be on home confinement with a GPS monitoring bracelet, ordered to stay away from the victim's family and Lincoln Street in Stoughton, no driving, drugs, or alcohol and subject to random testing, according to Mike Connolly, spokesman for the Norfolk County District Attorney's office.
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Joanne White, 35, of Stoughton, was walking on the sidewalk with her 11-year-old son to her parents' home and saved him when she told him to run as Blau's car careened toward them, officials have said. White, 31/2 months pregnant, was fatally struck by the car.
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MY REPLY heySpirituality wrote:Actually your explanation does sound etenalist to me. The gods are not suitable for refuge because they are still in samsara, not because they're unchanging.Son of Buddha wrote:the eternalist view was meant for the tainted ego self(YOU AND I) this is the false self(no self)mzaur wrote:Doesn't that passage suggest an eternalist view? How can any phenomenon be unchanging and eternal, etc
the TRUE SELF is the Buddha,look at the 4 noble truths the 1st 3 are impermanent the 4th noble truth is PERMANENT,for the Buddha is forever without greed,anger,ignorance(defilments) if the Buddha was subject to change then again (IT) would be no different than us,constantly changeing,switching between taints and leverls of purity,that is why the Nirvana sutra states the Buddha is the true refuge for it never changes and is constant.and it says to not take refuge in the other gods for they are changeing and cannot even help themselves.
The fact is that some types of Mahayana Buddhism do slip into eternalism in trying to talk about the Buddha, Buddha nature, dharmadhatu, mahamudra etc. I'm not sure that is a problem as 'son of Buddha' rightly notes: what we all agree on does change is everything we might try and hold on to IN samsara.
Samsarasan is changeing,it is the taint itself.
all life in Buddhism is eternal,an example if you died today(ur body now) would you cease to exist???or would ur life force continue to be reborn???the self would break apart but life itself goes on and the "life force" would continue to be reborn forever.
so if tainted life force continues to EXIST FOREVER,do you think the LIFE force of the Buddha would also continue forever??
there is no such thing as not existing in Buddhisn Buddha or tainted person their is always a continueation of life.(we are not nhilists)
does the Buddha change??
does the Buddha mind die or cease to exist?
also eternalism was meant for the ego/tainted individual self) not the buddha self(true self)
have you gotten a chance to read the Nirvana sutra??
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A 9 % increase is forecast for the US construction sector in 2015; the vast majority of construction and design firm executives believe the market is stable or growing.
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- Growth continues in 2015
- Payments take between 30-60 days on average
- Smaller buisnesses generally pay later
In 2014 the US construction sector continued its rebound that started in 2012, with increases in both employment and reported billings. According to the Dodge Construction Outlook total construction starts increased 4% in 2014, and a 9% increase is forecast for 2015, while the vast majority of construction and design firm executives believe the market is stable or growing.
Due to the positive development we have steadily increased our cover for this industry over the past few years. However, it must be said that the construction market rebound still lags behind the overall economic recovery that began in 2009.
In early 2014 adverse weather conditions triggered a rocky start for construction and the US economy, affecting job growth, homebuilding, manufacturing and spending. That said, in the course of the year consumer confidence grew, job creation resumed, and GDP increased as the year progressed, to 2.2% in 2014.
In the residential construction subsector home prices increased in 2014, although not as sharply as they did in 2012 and 2013. In 2014 foreclosures decreased 30% year-on-year. First-time buyers benefitted from a decrease in investors buying single-family homes, which created less competition for lower-priced inventory, although strict credit standards led to fewer than expected first-time buyers. New-home starts only marginally increased in 2014. Mortgage rates decreased below 4% by the end of 2014 and the inventory of property for sale is growing, which is leading to rising home values. It is estimated that mortgage rates will settle between 4%-6% in the mid-term, beginning around mid-2015. However this increase is not predicted to have a major impact on home sales. The 2015 Dodge Construction Outlook forecasts an 11% increase in single-family housing units and a 7% increase in multi-housing starts.
Commercial building output increased 14% in 2014, and is estimated to increase at roughly the same pace in the coming year. 2014, like in 2013, saw massive growth in manufacturing plant construction due to the start of chemicals and energy related projects. Last year there was a moderate upward trend in institutional building which is expected to continue through 2015, aided by financing available for K-12 school construction. Healthcare facilities showed diminished activity in 2014, though that is expected to improve. After a 9% decline in 2014 public works is expected to rebound by about 5% in 2015, mainly due to highway and bridge construction.
Payments in the US construction industry still take 30-60 days on average, while 90 day terms are not uncommon. While the overall number and value of the notifications of late payments we received in 2014 has increased, this was primarily due to a solid increase in our exposure to the sector. It is also partially a function of the industry with payments coming from the general contractor to sub-contractors and then in some cases to the underlying supplier. If one company in the chain does not pay, rarely will the others.
Despite the rebound in recent years the downward pressure on revenue has not significantly changed since the 2008/2009 downturn. Additionally increasing salaries, healthcare costs for staff and miscellaneous expenses continue to tighten margins. At the same time tougher credit standards have required higher equity from construction businesses. Banks are principally willing to lend to the construction industry, but only for viable and promising projects. However, as the commercial and residential development markets strengthen, the construction sector´s financing climate is improving. Given the positive growth prospects for the industry, we expect notifications of late payments to level off in 2015. Construction firms hope to increase bid prices in 2015, which are driven by material costs, which are also expected to increase. In 2013, approximately 60% of construction firms were in "very good" or "good" financial health, up from 50% in 2012. This further increased to 66% in 2014.
Construction insolvencies have continued to improve overall in the US last year. However, small businesses in the industry are generally still paying later and have higher bankruptcy rates and delinquent debt than other industries (construction sector small business national average bankruptcy rate was 2.3% in 2014). But the decreasing trend is expected to continue throughout 2015.
In summary, we assess buyers in this sector in this way:
- Cover will be considered if we can see evidence of favourable trade history, financial statements, or other credit/financial insight.
- Reduction or withdrawal of cover is considered if the buyer shows significantly worsening results, including losses, heavy debt levels, problems with working capital, cash flow or liquidity, or deteriorating payment trends.
- Where financial information is required, we will look for signs of progressive and profitable operations, positive working capital and cash flow, and satisfactory debt to net worth leverage. We also take into account less measureable aspects such as goodwill, health/pension liabilities, and litigation issues.
- We consider whether other forms of risk mitigation – such as Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings, letters of credit, increased co-insurance and decreased indemnification, and shortened terms of sale – will assist us in agreeing to cover.


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